State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,986 Oklahoma births in 1948 across 856 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Oklahoma more than they say America.

#79Janoutside the national top 200
#66Billie#178 nationally
#81Jackie#187 nationally
#92Rickey#197 nationally
#86Lana#188 nationally
#50Jackie#147 nationally
#83Janie#176 nationally
#77Wilma#164 nationally
#79Cecil#166 nationally
#56Lonnie#135 nationally
#43Jimmie#120 nationally
#97Dianna#172 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,796US #1
#2Mary819US #2
#3Barbara606US #3
#4Sharon558US #9
#5Patricia550US #4
#6Donna470US #11
#7Carolyn436US #14
#8Judy424US #16
#9Sandra417US #6
#10Carol364US #8
#11Karen351US #12
#12Nancy309US #7
#13Shirley294US #20
#14Susan293US #5
#15Janice290US #23
#16Betty243US #18
#17Brenda224US #17
#18Joyce218US #21
#19Connie213US #43
#20Phyllis202US #46
#21Margaret199US #13
#22Pamela199US #22
#23Marilyn197US #33
#24Judith187US #15
#25Peggy180US #38
#26Wanda178US #57
#27Beverly177US #31
#28Cheryl175US #25
#29Sherry170US #61
#30Glenda163US #92
#31Janet160US #24
#32Cynthia159US #27
#33Deborah152US #30
#34Paula145US #52
#35Patsy143US #98
#36Martha136US #32
#37Jo135US #56
#38Diana125US #48
#39Virginia125US #36
#40Frances124US #42
#41Ruth121US #45
#42Elizabeth118US #26
#43Kathryn115US #54
#44Charlotte114US #69
#45Rita114US #59
#46Helen112US #40
#47Rebecca111US #50
#48Vicki108US #81
#49Teresa104US #82
#50Gloria103US #28
#51Kathleen101US #10
#52Ann98US #44
#53Jane97US #39
#54Dorothy95US #29
#55Kathy90US #55
#56Alice87US #49
#57Sue87US #78
#58Norma85US #103
#59Bonnie84US #34
#60Evelyn84US #74
#61Lynda84US #84
#62Anita83US #102
#63Marsha80US #76
#64Anna79US #89
#65Catherine78US #41
#66Billie76US #178
#67Doris74US #64
#68Janis69US #121
#69Jean69US #47
#70Sally67US #72
#71Ruby64US #114
#72Vickie63US #143
#73Diane61US #19
#74Cathy60US #104
#75Katherine60US #68
#76Loretta60US #115
#77Wilma59US #164
#78Claudia58US #122
#79Jan57
#80Lois57US #70
#81Jackie56US #187
#82Kay55US #113
#83Janie53US #176
#84Marcia53US #79
#85Sheila51US #71
#86Lana49US #188
#87Suzanne49US #66
#88Laura48US #73
#89Elaine47US #53
#90Georgia47US #130
#91Joan47US #37
#92Jacqueline46US #58
#93Roberta46US #101
#94Charlene45US #105
#95Edna45US #139
#96Jeanne45US #95
#97Dianna44US #172
#98Regina44US #132
#99Rose44US #62
#100Darlene43US #77

Boys

#1James1,094US #1
#2Larry924US #11
#3Robert873US #2
#4John830US #3
#5David724US #5
#6Charles619US #9
#7Michael612US #6
#8Gary610US #12
#9William599US #4
#10Jerry544US #21
#11Richard531US #7
#12Ronald453US #10
#13Kenneth399US #15
#14Donald361US #14
#15Jimmy350US #50
#16Billy289US #53
#17Thomas287US #8
#18Terry258US #26
#19Johnny239US #52
#20Ronnie236US #59
#21Dennis234US #17
#22Danny233US #39
#23Tommy230US #79
#24Stephen226US #20
#25Joe225US #47
#26George220US #16
#27Paul212US #18
#28Bobby202US #62
#29Roy187US #49
#30Steven182US #23
#31Roger172US #24
#32Harold168US #36
#33Phillip168US #69
#34Jack164US #43
#35Bill149US #84
#36Carl144US #42
#37Mike138US #68
#38Edward134US #19
#39Don132US #91
#40Jim126US #86
#41Eddie121US #78
#42Gerald115US #30
#43Jimmie113US #120
#44Raymond113US #27
#45Steve110US #60
#46Mark107US #29
#47Lawrence100US #31
#48Frank99US #25
#49Douglas98US #33
#50Jackie96US #147
#51Joseph96US #13
#52Wayne93US #34
#53Walter89US #35
#54Randy86US #99
#55Dale85US #56
#56Lonnie84US #135
#57Daniel81US #22
#58Ralph81US #51
#59Marvin79US #90
#60Stanley79US #65
#61Fred78US #66
#62Gregory75US #32
#63Darrell73US #121
#64Allen72US #72
#65Patrick72US #48
#66Alan70US #46
#67Ernest69US #76
#68Glen69US #133
#69Leonard69US #71
#70Tom68US #94
#71Ray67US #100
#72Floyd66US #134
#73Howard66US #63
#74Bob65US #141
#75Henry65US #45
#76Arthur64US #44
#77Bruce64US #28
#78Earl64US #83
#79Cecil63US #166
#80Melvin63US #81
#81Tony62US #125
#82Philip61US #54
#83Timothy61US #38
#84Albert58US #55
#85Clarence58US #87
#86Clyde58US #131
#87Glenn58US #73
#88Keith57US #89
#89Eugene55US #61
#90Freddie55US #152
#91Randall55US #98
#92Rickey55US #197
#93Ricky55US #155
#94Donnie54US #162
#95Gene54US #111
#96Lee54US #93
#97Dan52US #113
#98Jesse52US #108
#99Samuel52US #70
#100Curtis51US #101

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑35Teresa#49
↑35Lawrence#47
↑31Randy#54
↑30Mark#46
↑29Ernest#67
↑27Deborah#33
↑27Vickie#72
↑24Marvin#59

Falling

↓27Darlene#100
↓24Earl#78
↓24Clarence#85
↓22Doris#67
↓21Bob#74
↓20Donnie#94
↓19Lois#80
↓19Kay#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.